Amherst, Massachusetts
Hampshire College to lay off 199 workers in Amherst, Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development published the WARN notice dated April 21, 2026; the layoffs take effect June 16, 2026.
Hampshire College has notified Massachusetts officials that it will lay off 199 workers in Amherst, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice published by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.
The notice is dated April 21, 2026 and gives June 16, 2026 as the date the layoffs take effect.
We have recorded 6 layoffs in Massachusetts so far in 2026.
Not yet known: exactly which roles are affected. Our sources do not say. If you know more, send us a tip.
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How we verified this
On October 11, 2026 we retrieved the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development WARN notice and confirmed that it names Hampshire College, gives the figure we report (“199”) and supports the date. The reporting above comes from the sources listed; context about other layoffs comes from our own records. Software, including AI tools, helped find and match the source; read our methodology.
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